Paint Shop Pro Tutorial: Skin Color and Tone

The Paint Shop Pro is the wonder software for editing a photo. The
one click-editing tool enhances your image to the core and has
versatile abilities in removing all the flaws from it. Here is the
simple systematic approach to the Manual Color Correction Tool offered
by Paint Shop Pro. You will get the perfect skin color tone by the application of this tool provided by the software. Below mentioned are the steps required for a successful application.

Step 1- Open the Image

Browse your computer and open the image that requires a correction of the skin tone.

Step 2- Enhance the Image

The next step includes enhancement of the photo. In order to do
that, you have to reach the "Effects" tools and then find the 'Enhance
Photo' option. Then select the 'Manual Color Correction' to open up a
dialog box. Here, you will find out a Color Category, by means of
which, several things can be done along with skin tone correction.
First, click the Gray World key and then click the Skin tones. This
will enable you to make your preview option work in a better way. Then,
open the preset colors, click on the arrow lying beside preview, and
hence choose the skin tone, you want to use.

Step3- Setting of Base Color

First, select an area with homogeniety. It should not be a shadowy
area, as that might tend to shift the balance of the color. The best
part of the application is that, it will treat the surface, which has
been selected as the color of the skin and the rest of the colors will
be adjusted accordingly. Keep on clicking on different parts until you
get the desired color. In order to have the window on which you are
working, active, just click on the sliders at the bottom. This will
help in fine-tuning the color of the photo. The temperature of the
color is a very important factor. In order to have warmer colors, the
temperature slider should be dragged right and for cooler range of
color, drag it leftwards. There are two other sliders placed above.
They are used in providing a refined tone to the skin. If you want to
have a tanned effect, drag the Tan slider to the right. The other
slider is meant for creating Blush effect. Drag it right to attribute
the image with a reddish grace.

Step 4- Preserve Lightness and Saturation

The 'Preserve Lightness' and the 'Preserve Saturation' are the two
options that bring forth the difference as the image progresses. The
best way to work with them is to run through the different options
available and try them out until you get the perfect setting. Then go
back to the area where you want to implement the change and select it.

Step 5- Adjust the Contrast

The level of contrast can be adjusted by means of the Contrast
Enhancement Tools. Then, go back to the manual correction and then
start afresh with Preserve Lightness and Preserve Saturation. So try
your hands on it and your image will soon acquire the desired tone.